Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Fediverse memes@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 days agoThe Day Will Come When The First Exodus Will Look Like Child's Playlemmy.caimagemessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1399arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1385arrow-down1imageThe Day Will Come When The First Exodus Will Look Like Child's Playlemmy.caSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Fediverse memes@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square75fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAnonomousWolf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·2 days agoLemmy needs to drastically improve the UX before it’ll become big
minus-squareᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoThe frontend and the backend are separate, so people can design new ones and many instances run alternate frontends, we do here: https://a.feddit.uk/ https://p.feddit.uk/ https://old.feddit.uk/
minus-squareAnonomousWolf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoThe default needs to be nice, most users would get frustrated and give up before discovering a. Or p.
minus-squareveroxii@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·2 days agoJust use a 3rd party app and pick the experience you prefer.
minus-squareAnonomousWolf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoWhich 3rd party app? The average user needs to be spoon fed, choosing between 5+ different apps is confusing and takes mental load etc. Everything just needs to work, with barely any thought put in (defaults for everything) And once they’re using the platform they can change defaults if they like. Currently there aren’t defaults, or the defaults suck (Eg lemmy.world web UI)
minus-squareBlaze@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day ago"Lemmy has 42k monthly active users https://discuss.online/ if you want a server located in the USA (content is still accessible from any server, the most difference latency) https://sopuli.xyz/ if you want a server located in the EU https://vger.app/ if you want an app Feel free if you have any questions"
minus-squarehector@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoWhat would you like to see improved ? This could be great contributions to the codebase :)
minus-squareskull887@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 days agoI’ve found a good 3rd party web app, Alexandrite.app although that’s just another hurdle to entry like picking an instance. The official web UI should be much better.
minus-squareskull887@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoNice, that’s actually exactly the UI alaxandrite.app gives lemmings.world
minus-squareAnonomousWolf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoYea there are just way too many hurdles
Lemmy needs to drastically improve the UX before it’ll become big
The frontend and the backend are separate, so people can design new ones and many instances run alternate frontends, we do here:
The default needs to be nice, most users would get frustrated and give up before discovering a. Or p.
Just use a 3rd party app and pick the experience you prefer.
Which 3rd party app?
The average user needs to be spoon fed, choosing between 5+ different apps is confusing and takes mental load etc.
Everything just needs to work, with barely any thought put in (defaults for everything)
And once they’re using the platform they can change defaults if they like.
Currently there aren’t defaults, or the defaults suck (Eg lemmy.world web UI)
"Lemmy has 42k monthly active users
Feel free if you have any questions"
What would you like to see improved ? This could be great contributions to the codebase :)
I’ve found a good 3rd party web app, Alexandrite.app although that’s just another hurdle to entry like picking an instance. The official web UI should be much better.
Try a.lemmy.world
Nice, that’s actually exactly the UI alaxandrite.app gives lemmings.world
Yea there are just way too many hurdles